Murderer could avoid death penalty with ruling

WARREN — The U.S. 6th Circuit Court in Cincinnati has ruled that one of two Warren-

based courts must reassess its conclusions that Warren murderer Andre Williams isn’t intellectually disabled enough to escape the death penalty.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office, which is handling the matter, hasn’t decided whether to appeal, it told The Vindicator today.

If the attorney general’s office doesn’t appeal, the 6th Circuit’s ruling would require a lower federal court in Cleveland to issue a further ruling to advise either the Warren-based 11th District Court of Appeals or Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to reassess its rulings on Williams’ intellectual abilities.

A spokesperson for the attorney general’s office said it’s unclear which of the two courts would be ordered to re-assess its ruling.

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